Madden 10 Info Summary Thread

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Good stuff.

 

[killgod]

what a boring madden blog yesterday.

minimal changes and zero mention of fixing the sliders that don't even work in the first place.

cslap:

 

[adembroski]

what a boring madden blog yesterday.

minimal changes and zero mention of fixing the sliders that don't even work in the first place.

cslap:

Speak for yourself... accelerated clock is back, injury sliders, CPU sliders are back... and, tbh, I never had a problem getting the sliders to work in '09.

 

[Houston]

Speak for yourself... accelerated clock is back, injury sliders, CPU sliders are back... and, tbh, I never had a problem getting the sliders to work in '09.

lol damn I forgot all about accelerated clock, Its pretty cool if you just playing casually with some friends.

 

[adembroski]

lol damn I forgot all about accelerated clock, Its pretty cool if you just playing casually with some friends.

Eh? No, that's very much a sim feature. Simulating the time it takes to make substitutions, coordinate with... well, coordinators... call the play in from the sidelines, make the call in the huddle, and get to the line. It's the only way to even up time of possession between the HUM and CPU player.

And I forgot to mention in the last post- FATIGUE SLIDER!!!! Thank the Lawd, it's about time.

 

[killgod]

Speak for yourself... accelerated clock is back, injury sliders, CPU sliders are back... and, tbh, I never had a problem getting the sliders to work in '09.

We were teased with those options with the DLC months ago. So "tell me something we didn't already know" is what I should have said I guess. Their notes almost suggest that stuff was already in the game (09?) and just wasn't made available, which if true (i'm merely speculating) is a dick move to pad their '10 feature list.

Fatigue slider is cool, but is that going to correct the lack of a 2 RB system used by the CPU?

P.S. Penalty sliders do nothing really (except for holding and clipping). Yet, penalties (whether you like them or not) play a huge role in football. So I was hoping this wouldn't go ignored for the Nth season in a row.


P.S.S. In the past some sliders have been broken or backwards (you've said so yourself in your own reports), so I'd like some kind of comment from them saying that the sliders put in the game actually will do what they suggest they will do.

 

[adembroski]

3-31 Press release makes vague mentions of dragging players, pile-on-fumbles, and "new animation technology".

 

[adembroski]

4-3 April Fool's (plus some real info)- Admission that the passing cone was fake, but layered blending as it applies to sideline catches info contained herein.

A bit late with this, I'm sorry. Hard to edit these from work on my new workstation. It's slow as hell.

Anyways, I'm setting aside some time this weekend for a reorganization of the info, and to be ready for what's sure to be an interesting stretch run to release day.

 

[adembroski]

4-4 According to Ian, the affect of Procedural Awareness post play was surprising to the team. The players looking at one another, looking down as they hopped over a fallen opponent, gave the game more life than they anticipated.

4-4 Due to CPU considerations, referees do not have the same awareness as players, however, they will follow their assigned targets. The line judge will follow the ball carrier, the head ref will watch the trenches, etc.

4-4 Camera flashes will be scaled according to the type of game (i.e. Regular season, playoffs, Super Bowl).

4-4 A photo of Ian's workstation was released with a white board behind with the following "To Do" list- Fix QB sneaks, Tune crowd animations so they're not so busy, add "prep steps" to double jukes so they're physically realistic, and fix the spin move so you can't "double spin" to change directions. Ian verified what each of these was. Also, new break tackle animations have been added.

4-4 "Tipped passes" at the line have been added. They are rare but dramatic moments when a pass tipped at the line of scrimmage will float, giving both teams a shot at it.

 

[Kia Kaha]

that sound sgreat about the tip ball thing and i like the camers idea aswell

thanks for tht

 

[Aso]

This is awesome.

 

[adembroski]

I'm making some small adjustments to the layout of the OP. I plan on reorganizing it quite a bit tomorrow, but making it easier on myself today by putting everything in chronological order and such. I plan to break it into categories (gameplay, visuals, options, etc.) soon, and just want to make it easy for me to glance over to make those adjustments.

 

[Kia Kaha]

something i dont get and can someone explain it to me is the part where is says

3-18: Per Ian, player stances can now be overridden from their default position entry on a per-play basis. Hense, an outside linebacker can be placed into a 3-point stance in a 3-4 play for hybrid teams such as the Ravens.

* No "Game Face" photo importing technology will be in Madden 10

Can someone explain those to me??

 

[adembroski]

something i dont get and can someone explain it to me is the part where is says




Can someone explain those to me??

Player Stances- Some defenses run what's generally referred too as a "Hybrid" scheme. The Ravens and Cardinals are the most prominent of these. The 49ers also ran this for the past several years but were never successful. It's a base 3-4 defense but occassionally you'll have an outside linebacker line up in a 3-point stance and rush the passer from an end position, so basically you morph into a 4-3 on an given play.

The way Madden has handled this in the past is to give us a 3-4 formation that "looked" like a 4-3... but due to limitations in technology, the linebacker would still be in a 2-point stance. The change they've made is to allow an individual play within a 3-4 formation to be set to have the linebacker actually get into a 3 point stance at the line, so it really does look like the pseudo 4-3 those teams really do run.

As for game-face; some games allow you to photograph yourself with an XBox 360 webcam to paste to your created character's face in game. Madden wont have this. A lot of people were asking about it on OS, Ian said it wouldn't be in this time around.

 

[Kia Kaha]

Thanks, im gonna wrekc havoc with sizzle of the edge

 

[adembroski]

4-6 "Wrap swats" are in. This means that, rather than leaping for the ball, defenders are more likely to reach in and try to knock a ball away from the receiver at the last moment.

4-6 Madden 10 will have no historic rosters.

 

[killgod]

4-6 Madden 10 will have no historic rosters.

good. i hate that shit because they always cause an issue in every EA game.

from that paki girl in NHL to having hall of famers from the 60's in the FA pool in madden.



adem when is today's update?

 

[adembroski]

good. i hate that shit because they always cause an issue in every EA game.

from that paki girl in NHL to having hall of famers from the 60's in the FA pool in madden.



adem when is today's update?

Not a clue. I do know it's by Josh Looman and it's about franchise mode.

I think the main reason there are no historic rosters anymore is because Jim Brown had a hissy about a character on the Browns in a year he played that looked nothing like him, didn't have his number, didn't have his height and weight, was in the game and he didn't get paid for it.

 

[killgod]

Not a clue. I do know it's by Josh Looman and it's about franchise mode.

Superb. I want some chise info. Doesn't matter what they do to the game itself, online is simply a lost cause thanks to the popularity of madden-retardation. Online gaming will always be about the cheese and it's impossible to create a game that's flawless. So bring on the chise info please and thanks!

 

[adembroski]

4-6 Franchise Mode Improvements by Josh Looman, a general discussion of fixing previously existing problems in franchise mode.